Personal Assistant - Huntingdon, United Kingdom - Cambridgeshire County Council

Cambridgeshire County Council
Cambridgeshire County Council
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Huntingdon, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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About the role
Are you looking for a new challenge in an organisation committed to making a real difference and where you will be highly valued for the contribution you make?


Our leadership team are committed to making a real difference to the lives of people of Cambridgeshire and you will play a vital role in supporting them to do deliver their ambition to create a greener, fairer, and more caring Cambridgeshire.

Supporting a Service Director, we are looking for a Personal Assistant to deliver efficient, effective and proactive support to enable them to focus on the key priorities and strategic needs of the organisation.


This will be on a 6-month fixed term basis or if an internal applicant this would be on secondment basis as we are also very much interested in developing our staff at all stages in their career and would be fantastic for an already established administrator with good organisational and technology skill.

This is also a fantastic opportunity for you to make a highly valued contribution to Cambridgeshire.

We are passionate about flexible working, with several flexible working options available and the ability to work on a hybrid basis.

What will you be doing?

About you
As a Personal Assistant you will have well developed knowledge of business administration processes and IT systems. You will have an A-C grade in GCSE English and Maths or equivalent standard.

You will have well-developed knowledge of general business requirements such as HR and finance processes, information management, risk management, customer service and health and safety.

Desirable would be to understand social care too.


You will be able to predict and pre-empt challenges and provide solutions with a calm, balanced and positive approach showing good judgement.

You will develop strong and effective working relationship with colleagues, stakeholders and partners which help the council, communities, and wider services.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.


Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.

We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.


Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

  • Flexible working
  • Flexible Bank Holidays
  • A comprehensive wellbeing package
  • Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
  • A comprehensive pension scheme.
  • IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
  • Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
  • An employee recognition scheme
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